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Culture in cetaceans: Why put the cart before thehorse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Bertrand L. Deputte
Affiliation:
Station Biologique, Ethologie, Evolution, and Ecologie, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 35380 Paimpont, France deputte@univ-rennes1.fr
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Abstract

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Twisting definitions of a concept to serve one's purposes is rarely afruitful exercise and the demonstration of culture is, necessarily,a two-step procedure: (1) documenting a behavioral differencebetween populations, (2) demonstrating that this difference hasspread through the group by means of social learning. This willavoid putting the cart before the horse.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press